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Kemble Street, between Drury Lane and Stanhope Street,
for the purpose of effecting a street widening. The Board
were represented at the Enquiry which was held by order
of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who
ultimately made an order approving of the scheme subject
to certain modifications. Owing to the late period at
which the approval was signified it was impossible to
obtain the necessary Parliamentary sanction, but steps
are being taken to ensure this during the present Session
of Parliament.
London Sea Water Supply Bill.
This Bill received the Royal assent on the 20th July,
1896, but no steps have yet been taken to carry out the
powers conferred by it.
Verminous Persons Bill.
This measure, introduced into the House of Commons
by a member of the Board, Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P.,
proposes to confer upon Local Authorities power to incur
expense for the purpose of cleansing and disinfecting
persons infected with vermin without in any way treating
them as paupers. The Bill puts no compulsion on Local
Authorities, but is of a permissive character. It is feared
that there are a very large number of persons coming
within the scope of the Act, and the Board, feeling that
it would be an advantage to Society in general that such
persons should be cleansed and disinfected free of charge,
presented a Petition to the House of Commons in favour